138 undergraduate nursing students from the University of Gloucestershire have stepped up to help support the NHS during the Covid – 19 outbreak. Final year adult nursing students Margarita Watkins and Chris Hanlon have both been deployed to work in Gloucestershire hospitals and are currently isolating from their families at Park Campus. They tell us […]
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Your Daily Good News Update
Today is going to be another great day. Another opportunity to spend the day outside but if that feels like too much pressure and makes you feel stressed, there’s nothing wrong with spending the day inside watching TV. Latest Covid-19 news Boris Johnson has announced that from Monday (June 1st) groups of up to six […]
Lockdown Listens: 7 female artists for your isolation playlist
Being a musician in the middle of a nationwide lockdown is hard enough. Musicians have been robbed of the things that generate them the most revenue: touring, live shows and merchandising. Instead, their main source of income has become streaming services and album sales, which look lucrative on first glance but are actually not giving […]
Lockdown diaries: “Working out from home has changed me”
As we all learn to navigate through the uncertainty that is lockdown, practising methods of self-care is more important now than ever before. Of course, a lot is to be said for a tranquil bath and your favourite scented candle, but attempting to maintain a healthy body and having efficient physical health is also imperative […]
Working in Waitrose: From the cheese aisle to the trenches
‘Key workers’. The first thing that comes to mind is the NHS. But what about supermarket employees? Being on the front line is not only working in a hospital, it’s risking your own health while you work to make sure others have what they need, and this includes all supermarket staff. Supermarket workers were among […]
World Menstrual Hygiene Day: Combatting period poverty in a pandemic
Period poverty doesn’t stop in a pandemic, and the coronavirus is only making this crisis worse. As today is World Menstrual Hygiene Day, it is important to highlight the issues that girls and women alike across the globe have been facing, especially now. There have been increasing struggles when trying to access the feminine hygiene […]
Your Daily Good News Update
Another bright and sunny day means the opportunity to spend the whole day lying in the garden, getting a tan or taking a walk to your nearest park and enjoying the fresh air. Either way, today is a great day to get yourself outside and take a break from whatever may be stressing you out. […]
How to manage and maintain our lockdown locks
We have slowly but surely approached the ninth week of lockdown, and while some of us may be appreciating a break from our hectic lifestyles, our hair is probably craving some long overdue TLC by now. Parts of the UK are still on pause at the moment, with the encouraged advice to only leave our […]
Lockdown diaries: Skincare products for problem skin
For an unfortunately large percentage of us, the current lockdown has been causing absolute chaos upon our skin. Gone are the days of spa facials, skin peels and LED treatments, we’re stuck at home without a dermatologist in sight. However, not all hope is lost. We are extremely fortunate to be living in a world […]
The Great British Book Boom: Why reading is making a comeback
Imagine escaping to a universe where people are dancing with merriment, drinking fine wine from goblets of silver and gazing at the stars overhead as night falls on the kingdom. A universe where you’re allowed to dance with your friends until your feet ache and you can’t keep your eyelids open. A universe that hasn’t […]